today's news on the week's top stories here. troops will stay in. between the government in egypt protests demanding the resignation of the president . of state. expected to change much.

but. this week. the syrian president. says that. any aggression. he also says israel is trying to destabilize his country and all of the comments made by the israeli defense minister today for the first time that his forces were behind this week's northern. that does come from the israeli defense minister it would be rock and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of

actually a third israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into lebanon that it is important to make the point that his comments does not constitute acknowledgement of israel's involvement in the strike but it certainly does suggest the possibility that it took place and it was responsible for it but also said that the syrian president bashar assad's fall is imminent and that it would serve as a major blow to his villa and iran need to look at this israeli strategy and it's a strategy that israel has employed in the past and that is namely a strategy of silence it is strategic it doesn't give any kind of confirmation or any kind of denial of what israel has done in the past as launch an attack then leave and it really its response has been a no comment which really leaves the question in opposite of as minds it is

a culture lated moves because this simon is israel's enemies to save face and thus reduce the risk of reprisals and it's collation against the jewish state of course the international for now for any kind of israeli strike in syria would create immense arguments in the international community we've heard for example from moscow who says that if indeed israel did carry out the strike it was an attack on a sovereign state and as such it reached international law with the arab league has also condemned the strike saying it is in violation of international law and it is reported against in another sovereign state so israel of course will not want to come out publicly and acknowledge that it carried out such a strike because it would not want to have the kind of diplomatic complications and diplomatic fallout that would follow from such an admission. it is a policy there i spoke to her but order in the program and our hopes of ending the ongoing conflict in syria have actually received a slight boost and this on the sidelines of

a key security conference in munich where russia's foreign minister growth held his first direct talks with the leader of syria's main opposition and out of the national coalition a moscow has called on the rebel group to be realistic and unite in order to bring excuse me begin negotiations with president assad. once again to reiterate that any use of force is unacceptable and that the war in syria could have ended already if the geneva agreement on a unity government had been heeded the editor of politics first magazine marcus papadopoulos things that diplomacy still has a very long way to go before any real success can be achieved. i mean this is not going to be meeting between the leader of the so claims syrian national coalition and the foreign ministers of russia and the wrongs an acknowledgement by the leader of the syrian national coalition that the syrian government it's not going to be defeated on the military battlefield and it is acknowledgement that thousands of

syrian civilians have died unnecessarily and all because outside players in the region turkey saudi arabia qatar have been hollande weapons and cash to the militants in syria i think circulator of the russian foreign minister said last year how surprised he was by the e.d.t. the form of a syrian opposition in coolie perceptual kristen's. to go from power to resign to step down except that's not the way diplomacy works that's not the way peace process is put together hillary clinton about a year ago accused russian government of having blood on its hands oh unfortunately it's more the country saudi arabia it's on saudi arabia we have the blood of thousands upon thousands of syrian civilians on their hands because of their own geo strategic ambitions i.e. to see that removal of presence is sad and the syrian government's honest not about of mali the french led military campaign there has been marred by alleged human

rights abuses with activists reporting civilian deaths torture and ethnic reprisals by the local army r.t. has an exclusive report now are exposing the realities on the ground in some of the most battle scarred areas of the country. these i mean in this mop the area we've discovered allegations of war crimes information about them is under the control of mali's military government becoming i think it's getting more and more difficulty talk to people a lot of. human rights activists who are trying to identify witnesses all saying that people climbing up and feeling the heat they are scared to speak a lot of people here. very few fool the malian army seems to be doing whatever it can to prevent people from speaking to openly when i was there because this government took advantage of the media's interest in all and for the first time

visiting the cities the worst affected by hostilities today in the town of qana we were surprised by the arrival of mamadou see the bad the minister for humanitarian action and solidarity this was an attempt to bring the bomb a call government closer to the people who regard the capital as remote from them with this visit in this event staged by politicians coincided with the publication of reports by international organizations such as amnesty international and human rights watch alleging atrocities crimes and violence on both sides for instance in qana several civilians were reportedly killed in french air force shelling we tried to interview the injured however were unable to obtain evidence in a community that has until now been strictly regulated by the military authorities he said. and the ministry says an investigation is underway has got so far no evidence has been provided so let the judicial system do its job in this all of

these government its people and military are well aware of current events and we know that we cannot play this game with. the government has been attempting to assert political power despite very poor infrastructure today we spoke to an army private on his way back from them he told us. he hadn't been paid or even properly for fifteen days and if this war continues there will be a need for justice after a comprehensive internal investigation rather than heartfelt celebrations and demonstrations of power. well or during his visit to mali french president francois hollande a claim that his troops will remain in the west african state until the complete reinstatement of its sufferance a photos a month from the independent pan african research organization says the local government's primary goal is to enrich themselves and they're back so what this intervention does is strengthen the arm of

a group of junior officers who took control of the state and who are just simply. so i mean the reports we get from mali from bamako is holies troops just simply control everything and not interested in any kind of development they're only interested in acquiring wealth for themselves they go in they rock banks complete impunity they control the economy now with complete impunity they are now the sort of. i guess you know the servants now of all of the french in the u.s. but their real agenda has been to to sell of mali to to the french and to the corporations mali is a place where the norm was to of all wealth your a new book site gold and so on and there's no doubt that french canadian and upper interests are clearly interested in occupying that territory. now to egypt right

now where deepening fishes in the society continue to grow this week as an ongoing crackdown on anti-government protests fail to silence coals for president morsi to quit some of the latest violence so one person killed and many others injured when security forces tried to disperse angry count crowds which i had attacked the presidential palace there's only worsened the political and social stalemate the opposition get again refused to join a national dialogue to step up their protests the president decisive measures in dealing with the unrest and the military has increased to a month long state of emergency that was imposed last week opposition activist group claims the government's actions are heavily influenced by the army. the surface interpretation of what's happening definitely that there are groups who are willing to sabotage anything and try to embarrass the government specifically morsi and the military that's on the surface however there are deeper into positions of

what's going on some of the interpretation goes as far as that the military council or the military is behind all of this so that they can have. the grip over this waste canal and intensify their presence militarily over there probably really don't want to see an economic development of this specific strategic area because it would hand over to civilian oversight of the canal rather than military oversight of the canal according to a new constitution something called the national defense council this council in most countries and previously had an advisory stature now it has more of an executive that has more military members on this board than civilians which outnumbers the civilians including be commander in chief the president which means they can't force the president to take certain decisions which we have just

seen in the past couple of days when they have the commander in chief say that he will declare martial law or emergency emergency law in those specific areas. this is all it's a and still to come for you in the program a final say before going right behind bars. we don't even realize how much of a police state the united states has become talks of a former cia officer turned whistleblower over america's torture program he's now though serving two and a half years in prison. and then board members of the royal family who died it was irresponsible of my tortured she she was beating me and she had to get you to move a medical workers in bahrain claim that constantly targeted by the authorities for treating those couldn't antigovernment demonstrations.

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technology innovation. developments. we. covered. this is with me will research and it's good to have you with us today. the man convicted for blowing the whistle on america's prison torture program has now begun a two and a half year prison sentence a cia veteran john kiriakou was convicted of exposing washington secret interrogation tactics and one of his final interviews before being locked away he told me exactly what he thinks he's being punished for. first of all my case was not about leaking my case was about torture when i blew the whistle on torture in

december of two thousand and seven the justice to department here in the united states began investigating me and never stopped investigating me until they were able to patch together. charge and force me into taking a plea agreement and i'll add another thing to when i took the plea in october of last year the judge said that she thought the plea was was fair and appropriate but once the courtroom was packed full of reporters last friday she decided that it was not long enough and if she had had the ability to she would have given me ten years in this post nine eleven atmosphere that we find ourselves in we have been losing our civil liberties incrementally over the last decade to the point where we don't even realize how much of a police state the united states has become you know ten years ago the thought of the national security agency spying on american citizens and intercepting their

emails would have been anathema to americans and now it's just a part of normal business. the idea that that our government would be using drone aircraft to assassinate american citizens who have never seen the inside of a courtroom who have never been charged with a crime and have not had due process which is their constitutional right would have been unthinkable and it's something now that happens every every so often every few weeks every few months and there is no public outrage i think this is a very dangerous development this is the weekly on our to senator john kerry was sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of state this week i will defense chief nominee chuck hagel was ultimately grilled by the senate a kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe he is likely to be rather old school in his approach. you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance between kerry and clinton any more frankly than there was

between kind of the so right he said he had already clinton in the last twenty years even in the last since bush and obama what is really change first strike wars in afghanistan and yemen and pakistan and now they're positioning so-called missiles defense which is essentially a first strike weapon targeted assassinations intensified under obama and its assertion of his right to order that shelling of american citizens anywhere in the world is kerry going to stand up and international forums and say no that's wrong we can't do that i don't think so neither did hillary clinton. now paul carrier may be about to pull the plug on the construction of a new nuclear power plant which is being financed by russia despite a national referendum voting in favor of the project just last weekend and the result was an old jews who turn out the country's ruling party is now expected to

use its majority in parliament to stop the work on them but lina powerplant due to high costs some experts believe it's the result of pressure from ball gary is allies so a concern in the country could become dependent on russian energy a local m.p. or group of charge off says the government went out of its way to discourage people from supporting the project. you have to take into account that we are using clear nuclear power or for approximately forty years and the so for every three city in the country all three books were using very safe and very reliable nuclear power plants in this is. usually supporting nuclear power or just. more of this. approximately twenty percent just because of the efforts of the majority but if created special needs special commission

in the parliament just so they were going to just go there is the people look of all the support for the new purple but see even in this condition the gideon vote. or believe it or not economists in the u.k. have warned the recent heavy snowfall in britain could push the country towards a triple dip recession as bad news for retailers and especially local independent stores who are going to the wall in greater numbers than ever but it's not his party boy who discovered there is still one traditional business which as managed to turn the tide it's older than buckingham palace and tower bridge and it's been a local store in the heart of rural east england for three hundred and seventy years this is you stumble across the it's a ring and village shop in this remote region of norfolk say that it's like an oasis in the middle of the desert. it was faced with going out of business until twenty five villages stepped in raise five thousand pounds to keep it open

and offered to walk them for free i couldn't live in this village without. the community nature of the village which is the free workforce allows it to stay open and breakeven i think people are happy in their lives by working for free. to come in and do something knowing that your contribution has a meaning the purpose of the village isn't ours it is heritage and we want to make sure it does continue to the next generation volunteers who run the say that there are two secrets to success the locally sourced projects means that that propping up the local economy take for example your free range eggs delivered from a nearby village there's a second recess secrets that the famous chocolate biscuits customers travel far and wide for this homemade treat but even with volunteers staying open his heart the major national chains his immense buying power tempts shoppers with food

sold for next to nothing has killed thousands of independent british shops leaving ghost villages in their wake when obviously we're up against supermarkets and we all use supermarkets but to be able to have a local store which does local produce and is something where you can chat to people you meet everybody the gossip that goes on in here is amazing it would be dreadful if we get because once you lose something like this you can never get it back again and they're not alone in getting together to save their small shop from extinction there are three hundred other communities stores in some of the u.k.'s most rural pockets winning customers by knowing that retail means detail so operating in really difficult economic times but they really punching above their weight community shops are offering something very often quite different from what a supermarket is. offering for example they offer cafes they're offering postal services they're offering somewhere to go in and talk to your neighbors and your

friends and if working for free is what it takes to keep it hearing him shop open and so be it well you know. i really do it's the kind of spirit that could see this tiny stall whether the was and hopefully stay open for another three hundred he is probably see north norfolk u.k. and of course all of his come to life from moscow while reportedly being held hostage for eight months spy russian mafia members and irish real estate tycoon claims he was given a punishment he's never going to forget find out what was called right into the man's forehead do so on a website. for you just a click away at the russian football premier league's dog course. squad with what's said to be the third most expensive transfer in the country's history i discover who said to join some real and friends are the darkest on club dot com.

for now medical workers in bahrain say they're being targeted by the authorities for treating injured protesters doctors say the retribution has been severe or the government insists it's now investigating the allegations. look at those who are constantly at risk for simply trying to help nada dhaif was among a group of doctors who were trying to help the injured during a protest in bahrain she claims that after violently crushing the dissent stirred their attention to her and her colleagues who were providing first aid they deny. health care to the patients and protesters. the doctors did not obey the orders for such. decided to punish those doctors i was taken to a place for ten days that i didn't know where it was. all that time i was

blindfolded and handcuffed i was in a solitary confinement for back to twenty one days. and they would just open the door of the cell and beat me up and there was a member of the royal family who directly was responsible of my torture she she was beating me and she took to q. to me almost two dozen doctors were arrested like this for the fuel the anger of the protesters and turned the hospital grounds into the scene of the rally the some money hospital is bahrain's leading medical institution and that's where most of the arrests have been made after those events it now looks like a fortress guarded heavily by the right police and that everybody can get a human rights activist say if you had suffered for speaking out against the regime and decided to come here for treatment you could make matters even worse for yourself anyone who was injured from the protests they cannot go to the hospital

because they would be interested in getting beaten and taking to the jail last year many protester and in jail where torture insults and money we have a story and testimony of people and brought the state of being tortured and the jail but in my country put this there were tortured inside. britain not who was charged with treason and sentenced to fifteen years in prison before being acquitted because of what she believed to be international pressure on bahrain's government the fate of many other doctors remains unclear the person who allegedly tortured not and others princes. has been officially charged by police she denies all allegations against her meanwhile the guy. woman stands recently and the action to condense the hospital was the right thing to do i went and these doctors managed to control the emergency unit and the first floor of the hospital and started to perform political and one hospital was turned into

a base for political ethic work and this is a real disaster we had an unbiased committee investigating the hospital condemn the acts of these doctors as. the case against one of the members of the world family may seem as an indication that bahrain's government has bowed to the negative global reaction with the doctor scandal being far from the only torture accusation c.c.t.v. cameras have been installed at all prisons in a move to become more transparent according to the authorities but with protests in the gulf states the continuing and accusations of human rights violations intensifying the opposition is still wondering what happens in the places where the cameras cannot see let's see russia. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. or in a just around the bend here on out so you do stay with us were put on those who bet the hardships of brittle bone disease or a special insightful documentary in just a moment.

you know i can kind of sort of understand the mindset of an evil dictator i have trouble understanding what is going on or maybe not going on in the minds of the terrified cogs who believe all the propaganda give up all their rights for the illusion of safety to coach jerry seinfeld who are these people well maybe some of them may be working at your local school bring the director season was at a pennsylvania school suspended a kindergartner note kindergartner as a terrorist threat because she threatened to shoot another student with a gun that shoots soap bubbles i guess this was all a mix up because the girl she wanted to shoot didn't understand that it was in reference to bubbles and not bullets children.